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. Zoology
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A schedule of prices or fees.
2. Maneuver
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
3. Laconic
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
4. Mosaic
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
5. Bandolier
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
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.