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. Deduction
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
2. Labyrinth
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
3. Recede
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
4. Bandolier
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Sect
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
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.