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. Sect
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
2. Exponent
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
3. Alliteration
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
4. Spectrum
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
5. Divulge
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
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.