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. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
2. Mutation
► To condescend to give or grant
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Silhouette
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
4. Maneuver
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
5. Hieroglyphic
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
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.