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
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A proportional part or share.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
2. Protagonist
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
3. Antibody
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The arrangement of events in time
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
4. Accentuate
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
5. Commemorate
► Being without or almost without hope
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
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.