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.
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. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
2. Hypocrisy
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Antibody
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Hieroglyphic
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
5. Solstice
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.