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. Protagonist
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
2. Symbiosis
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Sacrifice
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
4. Random
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
5. Bamboozle
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Being without or almost without hope
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.