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 closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
2. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Bizarre
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
4. Undulate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
5. Phloem
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
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.