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. Sect
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
2. Quarantine
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
3. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
4. Plateau
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
5. Omnivore
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Being without or almost without hope
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.