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. Nebula
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
2. Renaissance
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
3. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
4. Inference
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
5. Hieroglyphic
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► 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.