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. Gargoyle
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
2. Solstice
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
3. Zoology
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
4. Heritage
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Divulge
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
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.