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
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To condescend to give or grant
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
2. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
3. Hypocrisy
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
4. Jaunty
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Quandary
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
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.