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. Accentuate
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Symbiosis
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Undulate
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
4. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
5. Immune
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► 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.