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
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Ozone
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
3. Antibody
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Undulate
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Nuisance
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
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.