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. Immune
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
2. Accentuate
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The arrangement of events in time
3. Vertebrate
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
4. Wretched
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
5. Delegate
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
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.