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. Exult
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
2. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
3. Salmonella
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
4. Boycott
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
5. Spectrum
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
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.