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. Phloem
► To condescend to give or grant
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
2. Quandary
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
3. Bandolier
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
4. Participle
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
5. Antibody
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
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.