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. Deign
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Recede
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Being without or almost without hope
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Flourish
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
4. Suffrage
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
5. Maneuver
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
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.