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. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
2. Commemorate
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Protagonist
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
4. Quota
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A proportional part or share.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
5. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► To condescend to give or grant
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
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.