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. Phloem
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
2. Nebula
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
3. Undulate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Decorum
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Delegate
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.