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.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
2. Delegate
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Unanimous
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
4. Symbiosis
► To condescend to give or grant
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Vacillate
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
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.