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. Jovial
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Unanimous
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
3. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
4. Suffrage
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
5. Parasite
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
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.