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. Camouflage
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
2. Tranquility
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Rainforest
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
4. Deduction
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Exult
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
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.