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. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
2. Tranquility
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Symbiosis
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
4. Protagonist
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Repose
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
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.