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. Voracious
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Laconic
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
3. Chronology
► The arrangement of events in time
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Spectrum
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
5. Quota
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A proportional part or share.
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.