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. Typhoon
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
2. Unanimous
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
3. Inference
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
4. Accentuate
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
5. Despondent
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Being without or almost without hope
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.