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. Impertinent
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
2. Nocturnal
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
3. Protagonist
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
4. Voracious
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
5. Divulge
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
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.