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 condescend to give or grant
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Quarantine
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
3. Dialogue
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
4. Jovial
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
5. Tundra
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night