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. Divulge
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
2. Ellipse
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
3. Bamboozle
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
4. Nebula
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Despondent
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► 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.