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. Eclectic
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► To condescend to give or grant
3. Dialogue
► To condescend to give or grant
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
4. Guru
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
5. Bandolier
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
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.