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
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
2. Exult
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Formidable
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Heritage
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
5. Wretched
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
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.