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. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Antibody
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
3. Participle
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
4. Tariff
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To condescend to give or grant
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A schedule of prices or fees.
5. Jaunty
► Being without or almost without hope
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
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.