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. Toxin
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Being without or almost without hope
2. Quota
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A proportional part or share.
3. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
4. Maneuver
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
5. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
