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. Outrageous
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
2. Tranquility
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
3. Light-Year
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
4. Bizarre
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
5. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
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.