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. Polygon
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
2. Boisterous
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Maneuver
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Yacht
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
5. Commemorate
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
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.