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. Bamboozle
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
2. Vacillate
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
3. Bandolier
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Cower
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
5. Lichen
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
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.