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. Recede
► Being without or almost without hope
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
2. Stereotype
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
3. Silhouette
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
4. Toxin
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
5. Ellipse
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
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.