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. Vaccine
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
2. Repose
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Cower
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
4. Mosaic
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
5. Tsunami
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
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.