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
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A proportional part or share.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
2. Renaissance
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
3. Despondent
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Being without or almost without hope
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
4. Random
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
5. Commemorate
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
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.