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 buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Being without or almost without hope
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
2. Immune
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
3. Metaphor
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
4. Divulge
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
5. Vaccine
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
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.