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. Random
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
2. Dialogue
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Toxin
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Embargo
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Mutation
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► 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.