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. Quarantine
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
2. Ellipse
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
3. Flourish
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
4. Cower
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
5. Typhoon
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
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.