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. Sacrifice
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Technique
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Delegate
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
4. Tranquility
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
5. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
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.