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. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
2. Despondent
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Being without or almost without hope
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
3. Plateau
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
4. Boisterous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Silhouette
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
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.