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
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
2. Commemorate
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Parasite
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Nuisance
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Deduction
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
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.