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. Solstice
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
2. Nuisance
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
3. Chronology
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The arrangement of events in time
4. Laconic
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Spectrum
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
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.