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. Light-Year
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
2. Labyrinth
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
3. Levee
► Being without or almost without hope
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
4. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
5. Unanimous
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
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.