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. Maneuver
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
2. Fallacy
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
3. Repose
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
4. Vaccine
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Vertebrate
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
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.