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. Xylem
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
2. Wretched
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
3. Decorum
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
4. Stereotype
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
5. Fallacy
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
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.