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. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Despondent
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Being without or almost without hope
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
3. Decorum
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
4. Wretched
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
5. Participle
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
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.