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. Boycott
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
2. Quarantine
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
3. Quandary
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
4. Salmonella
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A proportional part or share.
5. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.