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. Tsunami
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
2. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
3. Nocturnal
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
4. Jovial
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
5. Quandary
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
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.