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. Repose
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
2. Delegate
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Immune
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
4. Vacillate
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
5. Boisterous
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
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.