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.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
2. Renegade
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
3. Technique
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
4. Exponent
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Suffrage
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
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.