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. Gargoyle
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The arrangement of events in time
2. Maneuver
► The arrangement of events in time
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
3. Embargo
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
4. Salmonella
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
5. Jovial
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.