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
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
2. Tundra
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
3. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
4. Quota
► A proportional part or share.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Exponent
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► 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.