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. Random
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
2. Mosaic
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
3. Tranquility
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
4. Boisterous
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
5. Inference
► To condescend to give or grant
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
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.