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. Decorum
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
2. Recede
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
4. Omnivore
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Quarantine
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
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.