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. Recede
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Delegate
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Antibody
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
5. Polygon
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
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.