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. Hieroglyphic
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
2. Silhouette
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
3. Enthusiastic
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
4. Despondent
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Being without or almost without hope
5. Decorum
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► 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.