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. Undulate
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
2. Flourish
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
3. Introspection
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
4. Dialogue
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
5. Nebula
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
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.