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. Nocturnal
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The arrangement of events in time
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
2. Immune
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
3. Eclectic
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
4. Vacillate
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
5. Tumult
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
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.