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. Enthusiastic
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Wretched
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
3. Recede
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
4. Inference
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Alliteration
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
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.