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. Stereotype
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
2. Quandary
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
3. Suffrage
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
4. Bandolier
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Maneuver
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The arrangement of events in time
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
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.