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. Quota
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A proportional part or share.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
2. Recede
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Chronology
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The arrangement of events in time
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
4. Nocturnal
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
5. Jovial
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► 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.