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. Delegate
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
2. Mutation
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
3. Polygon
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
4. Camouflage
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
5. Nocturnal
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
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.