
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. Deduction
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
2. Xylem
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
3. Spectrum
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
4. Formidable
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The arrangement of events in time
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
5. Omnivore
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
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.
