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. Decorum
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
2. Quarantine
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
3. Alliteration
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
4. Kilometer
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
5. Wretched
► Being without or almost without hope
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
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.