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. Eclectic
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
2. Spectrum
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
3. Zoology
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
4. Light-Year
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A proportional part or share.
5. Chronology
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The arrangement of events in time
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
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.