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. Quandary
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
2. Heritage
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
3. Toxin
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Hieroglyphic
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
5. Delegate
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
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.