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. Cower
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
2. Parasite
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
3. Introspection
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Formidable
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Light-Year
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
