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
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
2. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Mosaic
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
4. Renegade
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
5. Suffrage
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
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.