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. Tundra
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Being without or almost without hope
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
2. Toxin
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► To condescend to give or grant
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
3. Silhouette
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
4. Commemorate
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
5. Maneuver
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
