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. Salmonella
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
2. Deduction
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
3. Recede
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Bamboozle
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
5. Suffrage
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
