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. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
2. Jovial
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The arrangement of events in time
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
3. Heritage
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
4. Strategy
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
5. Undulate
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
