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. Omnivore
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
2. Sacrifice
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
3. Commemorate
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
4. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
5. Gargoyle
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
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.