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. Camouflage
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
2. Bandolier
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
4. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Renaissance
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To condescend to give or grant
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.