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. Boycott
2. Guerrilla
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Plateau
► To condescend to give or grant
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
4. Despondent
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Being without or almost without hope
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
5. Kilometer
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► The arrangement of events in time
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.