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. Repose
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
2. Nocturnal
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A proportional part or share.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Deign
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Metaphor
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
5. Hieroglyphic
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
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.