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. Tundra
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
2. Pulverize
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
3. Boisterous
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
4. Divulge
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
5. Unanimous
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
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.