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. Kilometer
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Ellipse
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
3. Salmonella
► The arrangement of events in time
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Wretched
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
5. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
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.