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. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Jaunty
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
3. Deign
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To condescend to give or grant
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
4. Hypocrisy
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Immune
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
