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. Hologram
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
2. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
3. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
4. Marsupial
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
5. Jovial
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
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.