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
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
2. Lichen
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
3. Recede
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
4. Nebula
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
5. Impertinent
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A proportional part or share.
