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. Guerrilla
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
2. Impertinent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Spectrum
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
4. Xylem
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
5. Tundra
► The arrangement of events in time
► Being without or almost without hope
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
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.