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. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
2. Heritage
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
3. Laconic
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
4. Symbiosis
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
5. Ultraviolet
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.