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. Inference
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Being without or almost without hope
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
2. Voracious
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Exponent
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Nocturnal
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
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.