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. Spectrum
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
2. Exult
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
3. Quota
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A proportional part or share.
4. Strategy
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
5. Gargoyle
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
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.