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. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Deign
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► To condescend to give or grant
3. Despondent
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Being without or almost without hope
4. Technique
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
5. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
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.