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. Accentuate
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
2. Stereotype
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
3. Plateau
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
4. Sacrifice
5. Decorum
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
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.