Common Core State Standard
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.

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. Ultraviolet

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

2. Introspection

► Self-examination.

► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

3. Fallacy

► The arrangement of events in time

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

4. Xylem

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

5. Gargoyle

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

BREACH
DEFINITION: An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: The Cockroach Janata Party’s three leaders — Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka — were freed on condition that they commit “no breach of peace for one year,” Ratna Singh, the movement’s legal director, said in a social media post. ►Associated Press, 10/12/2026

BREACH

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words