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. Technique
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
2. Sect
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
3. Solstice
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
4. Virtuoso
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
5. Plateau
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
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.