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. Plateau
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
2. Participle
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
3. Random
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Jovial
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
5. Hieroglyphic
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
