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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's 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. Divulge
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
2. Camouflage
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
3. Ellipse
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
4. Recede
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
5. Suffrage
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Being without or almost without hope
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify