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. Quota
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A proportional part or share.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
2. Bizarre
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Chronology
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The arrangement of events in time
4. Yacht
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Parasite
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
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.