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. Solstice
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
2. Accentuate
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
3. Exult
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
4. Delegate
► The arrangement of events in time
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
5. Tranquility
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
