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. Enthusiastic
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
2. Tariff
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Divulge
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Polygon
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
5. Aspire
► The arrangement of events in time
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
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.