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
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
2. Delegate
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
3. Boisterous
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
4. Hieroglyphic
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Divulge
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
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.