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. Embargo
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
2. Deign
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To condescend to give or grant
3. Salmonella
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
4. Typhoon
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A proportional part or share.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
5. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.