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. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
2. Virtuoso
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Kilometer
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Boisterous
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Salmonella
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Being without or almost without hope
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.