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. Delegate
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
2. Kilometer
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
3. Vaccine
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
4. Tsunami
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
5. Divulge
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
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.