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. Tsunami
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A proportional part or share.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
2. Unanimous
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
3. Jaunty
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Camouflage
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
5. Quandary
► The arrangement of events in time
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
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.