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. Kilometer
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Tumult
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Commemorate
► A proportional part or share.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Random
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
5. Hieroglyphic
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
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.