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. Cower
► To condescend to give or grant
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Being without or almost without hope
2. Enthusiastic
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
3. Mosaic
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
4. Symbiosis
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
5. Protagonist
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.