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. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
2. Phloem
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
3. Tumult
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Typhoon
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Zoology
► Being without or almost without hope
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
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.