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. Bizarre
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
2. Decorum
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Phloem
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
4. Xylem
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Mutation
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
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.