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. Jovial
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. Deduction
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
3. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
4. Fallacy
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Ellipse
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
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.