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. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Parasite
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
3. Pulverize
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
4. Chronology
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The arrangement of events in time
5. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
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.