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. Outrageous
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The arrangement of events in time
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
2. Immune
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
3. Inference
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
4. Introspection
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
5. Toxin
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
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.