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. Ultraviolet
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
2. Nebula
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
3. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
4. Voracious
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
5. Toxin
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
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.