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. Omnivore
► The arrangement of events in time
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
2. Bamboozle
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Vaccine
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
4. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
5. Virtuoso
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
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.