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. Chronology
► The arrangement of events in time
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Delegate
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
4. Impertinent
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
5. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
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.