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. Gargoyle
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
2. Sacrifice
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Mosaic
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
4. Labyrinth
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
5. Unanimous
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
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.