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. Formidable
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
3. Wretched
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
4. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
5. Tsunami
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.