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. Tsunami
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
2. Embargo
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
3. Undulate
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The arrangement of events in time
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
4. Omnivore
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Marsupial
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.