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. Xylem
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
2. Ultraviolet
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
3. Cower
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
4. Introspection
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
5. Parasite
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
