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. Embargo
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
2. Exult
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
3. Wretched
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
4. Suffrage
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
5. Deign
► To condescend to give or grant
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
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.