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- MIddle School Vocabulary Quiz Generator
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- Use The News Lessons: K-4 | 5-8 | 9-12
Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary 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. The fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
2. So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
3. The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
4. To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
5. To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
