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. Cower
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
2. Lichen
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
3. Embargo
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Jaunty
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
5. Technique
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.