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. Maneuver
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
2. Tsunami
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
3. Deign
► To condescend to give or grant
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Guru
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
5. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Being without or almost without hope
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.