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. Lichen
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A schedule of prices or fees.
2. Gargoyle
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► To condescend to give or grant
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Omnivore
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
4. Zoology
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
5. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► The arrangement of events in time
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.