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. Virtuoso
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
2. Eclectic
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
3. Tariff
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Phloem
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
5. Immune
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► 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.