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. Zoology
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
2. Repose
► A proportional part or share.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
3. Nuisance
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
4. Rainforest
5. Mutation
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.