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. Heritage
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
2. Mosaic
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
3. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
4. Jovial
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Divulge
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
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.