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. Jovial
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Decorum
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Ultraviolet
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
4. Recede
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Unanimous
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
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.