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. Divulge
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
2. Bamboozle
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
3. Bandolier
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
4. Cower
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
5. Decorum
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► 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.