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.
► The arrangement of events in time
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
2. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
3. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
4. Mosaic
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
5. Nebula
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
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.