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. Random
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► To condescend to give or grant
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
2. Virtuoso
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Mutation
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Bandolier
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
5. Protagonist
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
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.