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. Zoology
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
2. Tumult
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Boisterous
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
4. Ellipse
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
5. Sect
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
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.