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. Ozone
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Bamboozle
► To condescend to give or grant
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
3. Protagonist
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
4. Pulverize
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Nebula
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
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.