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. Aspire
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Vertebrate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A proportional part or share.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
3. Undulate
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
4. Technique
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
5. Symbiosis
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.