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. Zoology
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. Silhouette
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
3. Kilometer
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
5. Solstice
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.