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. Plateau
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
2. Boycott
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Deduction
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
4. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
5. Xylem
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.