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. Exponent
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
2. Typhoon
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
3. Nocturnal
► The arrangement of events in time
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
4. Vertebrate
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
5. Maneuver
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
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.