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
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Being without or almost without hope
► A schedule of prices or fees.
2. Cower
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Inference
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
5. Quota
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A proportional part or share.
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.