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. Divulge
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
2. Jaunty
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
3. Nuisance
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
4. Sacrifice
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
5. Renegade
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
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.