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. Laconic
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
2. Vertebrate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Impertinent
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
4. Nocturnal
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Quota
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A proportional part or share.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
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.