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. Recede
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
2. Eclectic
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Enthusiastic
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
4. Aspire
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
5. Vaccine
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
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.