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. Levee
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
2. Exult
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
3. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
4. Stereotype
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
5. Strategy
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.