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. Omnivore
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
2. Mutation
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
3. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
4. Immune
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
5. Jovial
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
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.