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. Fallacy
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
2. Parasite
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Typhoon
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
4. Hypocrisy
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
5. Recede
► A proportional part or share.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.