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. Tundra
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
2. Kilometer
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Vacillate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Lichen
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Ultraviolet
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.