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. Marsupial
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
2. Nebula
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► The arrangement of events in time
3. Labyrinth
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
4. Inference
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Parasite
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► To condescend to give or grant
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
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.