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. Undulate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
2. Mutation
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
3. Vertebrate
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
4. Guru
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
5. Decorum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
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.