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. Parasite
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
2. Heritage
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
3. Technique
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
4. Light-Year
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
5. Bamboozle
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
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.