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. Pulverize
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Repose
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Parasite
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
4. Polygon
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
5. Technique
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
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.