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. Sect
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Marsupial
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Flourish
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
4. Embargo
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
5. Parasite
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► The arrangement of events in time
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.