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. Cower
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
2. Tariff
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The arrangement of events in time
► A schedule of prices or fees.
3. Camouflage
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
4. Enthusiastic
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Accentuate
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
