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. Delegate
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
2. Enthusiastic
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Tranquility
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
4. Sacrifice
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
5. Maneuver
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.