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. Cower
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
2. Impertinent
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Tariff
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
4. Yacht
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
5. Phloem
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
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.