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. Bandolier
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
2. Yacht
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Bizarre
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
4. Symbiosis
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
5. Wretched
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
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.