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. Vertebrate
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
2. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
3. Salmonella
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
4. Typhoon
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.