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
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
2. Commemorate
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The arrangement of events in time
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Random
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
4. Salmonella
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
5. Tumult
► To condescend to give or grant
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
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.