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. Sacrifice
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
2. Ozone
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Quandary
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
4. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
5. Alliteration
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Being without or almost without hope
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
