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. Inference
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Malignant
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
4. Boycott
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
5. Omnivore
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
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.