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. Suffrage
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
2. Omnivore
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
3. Ozone
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
4. Toxin
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
5. Maneuver
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
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.