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. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Being without or almost without hope
2. Vacillate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
3. Gargoyle
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Hypocrisy
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
5. Bamboozle
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
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.