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. Outrageous
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Guerrilla
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
3. Renegade
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A proportional part or share.
4. Lichen
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Omnivore
► Being without or almost without hope
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
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.