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. Exult
► The arrangement of events in time
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
2. Maneuver
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
3. Nebula
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
4. Deign
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To condescend to give or grant
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
5. Suffrage
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
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.