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. Introspection
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
2. Toxin
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
3. Impertinent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
4. Vacillate
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
5. Suffrage
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
