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. Gargoyle
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
2. Jaunty
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
3. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Jovial
► To condescend to give or grant
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
5. Stereotype
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
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.