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. Embargo
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
2. Wretched
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
3. Sacrifice
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
4. Tranquility
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Bizarre
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
