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.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
2. Embargo
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
3. Zoology
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A proportional part or share.
4. Undulate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
5. Hypocrisy
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
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.