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. Inference
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Chronology
► The arrangement of events in time
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
3. Plateau
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
4. Phloem
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
5. Symbiosis
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A proportional part or share.
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.