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. Repose
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
2. Vacillate
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
4. Zoology
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A proportional part or share.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
5. Eclectic
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
