Activities  K-4  5-8  9-12   Geo Quiz   Vocabulary Quiz   NewsVideo   Cartoons   Talking Points  Science Webcast 
PALM BEACH POST - NIE
NIE HOME
ABOUT NIE
ePOST
ORDER CURRICULUM
TEACHER GUIDES
HELPFUL LINKS
SPONSORS
AWARDS
CONTACT US


ONLINE COURSE

Learn to Teach With the E-Edition. It's Easy!

The Palm Beach Post e-edition is educational, efficient, and easy to use. It makes learning fun for students by reaching them where they live - in an increasingly digital world. And, it can be easy and fun for you, too. Check out our online teacher tutorial. It gives you step-by-step directions for using the e-edition tools. We'll even give you suggestions for learning activities that meet state standards. Easy! Educational! Efficient! A triple winner!

Get details and access


Generate your own quiz here!

Quiz Options 

Middle School High School

By words   By Definitions

5 10 15 20 Questions


 

Middle School Quiz
Words in the News

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. Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

Inference
Mosaic
Jaunty
Xylem


2. To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

Recede
Deduction
Omnivore
Pulverize


3. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

Strategy
Light-Year
Chronology
Aspire


4. Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

Analogy
Salmonella
Mutation
Quandary


5. A rebirth or revival.

Renaissance
Flourish
Participle
Guru


Get more Quizzes 

Middle School High School   By Word    By Definition   5 10 15 20 Questions

THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

FIASCO

DEFINITION:
A complete failure, especially one that is ignominious or humiliating.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A former state official who played a major role in the state's biggest privatization fiasco is now making money trying to help Texas fix the problems that resulted.
Dallas Morning News, 03/15/2010