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. Immune
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
2. Boisterous
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
3. Eclectic
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
4. Guerrilla
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Tsunami
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
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.