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. Deduction
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
2. Symbiosis
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
3. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
4. Despondent
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Being without or almost without hope
5. Mutation
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
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.