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. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Sect
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
3. Vacillate
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
4. Symbiosis
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Xylem
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.