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. Tundra
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
2. Toxin
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
3. Yacht
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
4. Plateau
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
5. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
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.