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
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Levee
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
3. Boisterous
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
4. Yacht
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
5. Inference
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
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.