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. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Being without or almost without hope
2. Cower
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
3. Inference
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
5. Immune
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
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.