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. Sacrifice
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Boycott
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► The arrangement of events in time
3. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
4. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
5. Ozone
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
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.