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. Yacht
► To condescend to give or grant
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
2. Formidable
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
3. Protagonist
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A proportional part or share.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
4. Vertebrate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
5. Tsunami
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
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.