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 poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
2. Formidable
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
3. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
4. Commemorate
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Levee
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
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.