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. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
2. Aspire
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Rainforest
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Ellipse
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
5. Xylem
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
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.