Generate your own quiz 

Select a grade level

 Elementary
 Middle School
 High School

Select a quiz type

 By words    By Definitions

How many questions?

 5  10  15  20 Questions



 

Common Core State Standard
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.
This Week's Word In The News 

FOOTHOLD

DEFINITION:
A position usable as a base for further advance.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Growing national anxiety over the impact of massive data centers on communities has found a foothold in Greater Boston in the form of Markley’s Lowell location.
The Boston Herald, 08/10/2026

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. Commemorate

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony


2. Vaccine

To stress or emphasize; intensify

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative


3. Cower

To cringe in fear

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings


4. Sect

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.


5. Virtuoso

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.


Get more Quizzes 

 Elementary School    Middle School   High School  

 By Word     By Definition    5  10  15  20 Questions