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. Tumult
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
2. Nocturnal
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
3. Despondent
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Being without or almost without hope
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
4. Rainforest
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Divulge
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
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.