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. Malignant
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
2. Bamboozle
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
3. Phloem
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Lichen
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
5. Eclectic
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
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.