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. Xylem
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
2. Recede
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A proportional part or share.
3. Quandary
► A proportional part or share.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
4. Dialogue
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
5. Exponent
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates