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. Suffrage
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
2. Jovial
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
3. Hypocrisy
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
4. Ellipse
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
5. Levee
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
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.