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. Stereotype
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
2. Unanimous
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Inference
► A proportional part or share.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
4. Deduction
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Cower
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
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.