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. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Being without or almost without hope
2. Tariff
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The arrangement of events in time
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
3. Deign
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Spectrum
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
5. Commemorate
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
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.