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. Vertebrate
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
2. Solstice
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
3. Sect
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
4. Omnivore
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Aspire
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
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.