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. Typhoon
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
2. Protagonist
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Technique
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
4. Quarantine
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
5. Malignant
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
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.