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. Jovial
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
2. Hypocrisy
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Vaccine
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Impertinent
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The arrangement of events in time
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
5. Labyrinth
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
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.