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. Guru
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
2. Salmonella
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Omnivore
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
4. Guerrilla
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
5. Quarantine
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► The arrangement of events in time
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
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.