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
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Sacrifice
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
3. Xylem
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Quandary
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
5. Renegade
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
