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
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
2. Exult
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
3. Vacillate
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
4. Solstice
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Quota
► A proportional part or share.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
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.