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. Undulate
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
2. Dialogue
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
3. Recede
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
4. Phloem
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
5. Sect
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
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.