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
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Accentuate
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
3. Levee
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
4. Boycott
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
5. Stereotype
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
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.