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. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
2. Plateau
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
3. Tundra
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Nuisance
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
5. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► 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.