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. Virtuoso
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
2. Exponent
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Being without or almost without hope
3. Solstice
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
4. Deduction
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
5. Heritage
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
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.