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. Quarantine
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
2. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
3. Protagonist
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
4. Guerrilla
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
5. Divulge
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.