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. Tariff
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
2. Suffrage
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
3. Eclectic
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
4. Plateau
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Quota
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A proportional part or share.
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.