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. Hieroglyphic
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
2. Repose
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The arrangement of events in time
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Commemorate
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
4. Quarantine
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Random
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
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.