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. Bandolier
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
2. Chronology
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The arrangement of events in time
3. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
4. Tariff
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
5. Commemorate
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
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.