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. Malignant
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
2. Pulverize
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Tranquility
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
4. Dialogue
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
5. Jaunty
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
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.