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. Enthusiastic
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
2. Boycott
► A schedule of prices or fees.
3. Exult
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Camouflage
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
5. Xylem
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
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.