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. Renaissance
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The arrangement of events in time
2. Phloem
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
3. Malignant
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
4. Nebula
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
5. Jovial
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
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.