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
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
2. Quandary
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
3. Dialogue
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
4. Malignant
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
5. Gargoyle
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
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.