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. Tranquility
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
2. Delegate
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Vaccine
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
4. Yacht
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
5. Enthusiastic
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
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.