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. Xylem
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
2. Tumult
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Nebula
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► The arrangement of events in time
4. Quota
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A proportional part or share.
5. Inference
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
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.