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. Maneuver
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Tempo
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
3. Analogy
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
4. Vertebrate
► To condescend to give or grant
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
5. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
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.