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. Random
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
2. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
4. Cower
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
5. Plateau
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
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.