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. Inference
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Polygon
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
3. Chronology
► The arrangement of events in time
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Embargo
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
5. Divulge
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
