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. Random
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
2. Cower
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
3. Guerrilla
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
4. Introspection
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
5. Symbiosis
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.