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. Outrageous
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
2. Kilometer
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
3. Nebula
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A proportional part or share.
4. Divulge
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
5. Ozone
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
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.