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. Accentuate
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
2. Outrageous
► To condescend to give or grant
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
3. Flourish
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
4. Cower
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
5. Despondent
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Being without or almost without hope
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
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.