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. Inference
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The arrangement of events in time
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Aspire
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Tempo
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
4. Nebula
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Zoology
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
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.