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
► Being without or almost without hope
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Nocturnal
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Exult
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
4. Aspire
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
5. Plateau
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
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