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. Vacillate
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
2. Exult
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Tranquility
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
4. Salmonella
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
5. Suffrage
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
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.