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. Mutation
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
2. Outrageous
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
3. Deign
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To condescend to give or grant
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
4. Solstice
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Being without or almost without hope
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
5. Divulge
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
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.