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. Ultraviolet
2. Spectrum
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
3. Delegate
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
4. Nuisance
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
5. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
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.