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. Camouflage
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Phloem
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Renaissance
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
4. Analogy
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Nocturnal
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
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.