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
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
2. Renegade
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► To condescend to give or grant
► The arrangement of events in time
3. Suffrage
► The arrangement of events in time
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
4. Bizarre
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
5. Embargo
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
