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. Inference
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Aspire
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Despondent
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Being without or almost without hope
4. Hieroglyphic
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
5. Jaunty
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
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.