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. Aspire
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
2. Technique
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Sect
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
4. Gargoyle
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
5. Sacrifice
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
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.