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. Voracious
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
2. Repose
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
3. Tundra
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
4. Guru
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
5. Tranquility
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
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.