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. Ellipse
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
2. Yacht
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Exponent
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Outrageous
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
5. Tsunami
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
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.