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. Boycott
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
2. Kilometer
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To condescend to give or grant
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
3. Light-Year
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
4. Repose
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
5. Enthusiastic
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
