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
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
2. Undulate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
3. Accentuate
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► To condescend to give or grant
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
4. Random
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
5. Formidable
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
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.