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. Boisterous
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
2. Parasite
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
3. Hieroglyphic
4. Despondent
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Being without or almost without hope
5. Ultraviolet
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
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.