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. Malignant
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
2. Deign
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► To condescend to give or grant
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
3. Toxin
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Labyrinth
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
5. Spectrum
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► The arrangement of events in time
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
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.