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.
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. Tariff
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
2. Delegate
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Chronology
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► The arrangement of events in time
4. Nebula
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
5. Jovial
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation