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. Hieroglyphic
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
2. Exult
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
3. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
4. Immune
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
5. Typhoon
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
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.