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. Renegade
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Nocturnal
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
3. Inference
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
4. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
5. Quandary
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Being without or almost without hope
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.