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. Repose
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
2. Quota
► A proportional part or share.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
3. Tariff
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Undulate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
5. Rainforest
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
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.