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. Decorum
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
2. Deduction
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
3. Enthusiastic
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
4. Exult
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Suffrage
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
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.