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. Kilometer
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
2. Quandary
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
3. Mosaic
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
4. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
5. Rainforest
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
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.