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. Unanimous
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
2. Delegate
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
3. Guerrilla
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Guru
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
5. Bandolier
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
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.