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. Xylem
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
2. Spectrum
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
3. Silhouette
► To condescend to give or grant
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
4. Ultraviolet
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
5. Vertebrate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Being without or almost without hope
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
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.