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. Formidable
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
2. Quarantine
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
3. Eclectic
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Stereotype
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
5. Vacillate
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
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.