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. Unanimous
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
2. Dialogue
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
3. Delegate
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
4. Tranquility
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Deign
► To condescend to give or grant
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
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.