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. Tranquility
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
2. Jovial
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
3. Salmonella
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
4. Nocturnal
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
5. Mutation
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
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.