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. Aspire
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
2. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
3. Renaissance
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
4. Boisterous
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Mosaic
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
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.