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
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
2. Omnivore
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Embargo
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Deign
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To condescend to give or grant
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Quota
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A proportional part or share.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
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.