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. Pulverize
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
2. Decorum
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
3. Deign
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
5. Bandolier
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A proportional part or share.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
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.