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. Jaunty
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
2. Dialogue
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
3. Typhoon
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Renaissance
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
5. Undulate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
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.