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. Gargoyle
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
2. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
3. Delegate
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
4. Outrageous
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
5. Renaissance
► A proportional part or share.
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.