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. Vacillate
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Being without or almost without hope
2. Technique
► To condescend to give or grant
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Typhoon
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Hieroglyphic
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
5. Unanimous
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
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.