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. Deign
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► To condescend to give or grant
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
2. Delegate
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
3. Enthusiastic
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Labyrinth
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
5. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
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.