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. Bandolier
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Eclectic
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
3. Random
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
4. Rainforest
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
5. Omnivore
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
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.