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. Introspection
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Being without or almost without hope
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. Repose
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Embargo
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Wretched
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Renegade
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.