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. Laconic
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
2. Lichen
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
3. Quandary
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► The arrangement of events in time
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
4. Mosaic
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.