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. Kilometer
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Guru
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
3. Renegade
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
4. Deduction
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
5. Mosaic
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.