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. Deduction
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
2. Nuisance
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
3. Delegate
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
4. Eclectic
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
5. Quandary
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.