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. Repose
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
2. Phloem
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
3. Exponent
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Tariff
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
5. Nuisance
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.