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. Mosaic
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
2. Quota
► A proportional part or share.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Salmonella
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
4. Sect
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
5. Chronology
► Being without or almost without hope
► The arrangement of events in time
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
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.