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. Parasite
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Rainforest
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
3. Jaunty
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To condescend to give or grant
5. Despondent
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Being without or almost without hope
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
