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. Accentuate
► The arrangement of events in time
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
2. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Protagonist
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
4. Vacillate
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
5. Voracious
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.