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
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
2. Heritage
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Enthusiastic
► Being without or almost without hope
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
4. Pulverize
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Sect
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline