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. Zoology
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
2. Ellipse
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
3. Nuisance
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
4. Omnivore
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
5. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
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.