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. Commemorate
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
2. Despondent
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Being without or almost without hope
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
3. Mosaic
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
4. Deign
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► To condescend to give or grant
5. Tranquility
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
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.