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. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
2. Hypocrisy
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Commemorate
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
4. Silhouette
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Mutation
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► 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.