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. Nuisance
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Quarantine
► A proportional part or share.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Outrageous
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
5. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
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.