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. Tundra
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
2. Nebula
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Recede
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
4. Repose
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
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.