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. Guru
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
2. Maneuver
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
3. Voracious
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
4. Eclectic
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
5. Hypocrisy
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
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.