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. Deign
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Tsunami
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Decorum
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
4. Heritage
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
5. Boisterous
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
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.