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. Impertinent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
2. Analogy
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Quota
► A proportional part or share.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Marsupial
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
5. Dialogue
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
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.