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. Suffrage
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
2. Nuisance
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
3. Boycott
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A schedule of prices or fees.
4. Solstice
► To condescend to give or grant
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
5. Typhoon
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
