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. Inference
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
2. Dialogue
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Being without or almost without hope
3. Xylem
► Being without or almost without hope
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
4. Random
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
5. Repose
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.