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. Hypocrisy
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
2. Guru
► The arrangement of events in time
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
3. Mutation
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Boycott
5. Outrageous
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
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.