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. Malignant
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
2. Gargoyle
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Being without or almost without hope
► To condescend to give or grant
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
3. Nuisance
► To condescend to give or grant
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
4. Jaunty
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The arrangement of events in time
5. Heritage
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
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.