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. Marsupial
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
2. Exult
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Jovial
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
4. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
5. Enthusiastic
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► 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
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.