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. Boycott
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
2. Quandary
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
3. Quarantine
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
4. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Sacrifice
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
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.