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. Random
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
2. Tumult
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Strategy
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
4. Repose
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Quandary
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A proportional part or share.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
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.