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. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
2. Delegate
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The arrangement of events in time
3. Plateau
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Ozone
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Flourish
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
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.