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. Zoology
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
2. Parasite
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Participle
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Typhoon
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Enthusiastic
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
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.