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. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. Recede
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
3. Plateau
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Nebula
► A proportional part or share.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
5. Embargo
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
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.