Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words
Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!
1. Zoology
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Pulverize
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
3. Phloem
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Tranquility
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.