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. Silhouette
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
2. Introspection
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
3. Light-Year
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► The arrangement of events in time
4. Aspire
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
5. Nebula
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
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.