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. Salmonella
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
2. Bamboozle
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
3. Vaccine
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
4. Flourish
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
5. Light-Year
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
