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. Enthusiastic
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
2. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
3. Guerrilla
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
4. Quandary
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
5. Tranquility
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► 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.