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. Quarantine
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Aspire
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Maneuver
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
4. Antibody
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
5. Quandary
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
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.