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. Plateau
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
2. Vaccine
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Stereotype
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Antibody
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
5. Boisterous
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
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.