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. Delegate
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
2. Mosaic
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
3. Vacillate
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
4. Unanimous
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
5. Enthusiastic
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
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.