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. Renegade
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
2. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Stereotype
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
4. Random
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Boycott
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
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.