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. Phloem
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
2. Decorum
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
3. Delegate
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
4. Gargoyle
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
5. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.