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
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
2. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
3. Embargo
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Salmonella
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
5. Fallacy
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
