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
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
2. Eclectic
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
3. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Omnivore
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
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.