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
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
2. Antibody
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
3. Labyrinth
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Formidable
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
5. Nebula
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
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.