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. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Wretched
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
3. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
4. Inference
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Chronology
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► The arrangement of events in time
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
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.