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. Camouflage
► Being without or almost without hope
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Omnivore
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
3. Tempo
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
4. Kilometer
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
5. Embargo
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► To condescend to give or grant
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
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.