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. Quota
► To condescend to give or grant
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A proportional part or share.
2. Laconic
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
3. Random
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
4. Unanimous
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
5. Boisterous
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
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.