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
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
2. Kilometer
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
3. Ellipse
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A proportional part or share.
4. Random
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
5. Laconic
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
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.