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. Phloem
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Formidable
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
3. Nuisance
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
4. Hieroglyphic
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
5. Light-Year
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
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.