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. Cower
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
2. Labyrinth
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
3. Omnivore
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Outrageous
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To condescend to give or grant
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
5. Wretched
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
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.