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. Chronology
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► The arrangement of events in time
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Nocturnal
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Parasite
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A proportional part or share.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
4. Technique
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
5. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
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.