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. Lichen
► Being without or almost without hope
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Undulate
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
3. Suffrage
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Salmonella
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
5. Maneuver
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A proportional part or share.
