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. Vertebrate
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Maneuver
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
3. Laconic
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
4. Malignant
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
5. Sect
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
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.