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. Light-Year
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
2. Tumult
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
3. Sect
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
4. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
5. Stereotype
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
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.