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 fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Decorum
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
3. Typhoon
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
4. Bizarre
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
5. Mosaic
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
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.