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. Analogy
► To condescend to give or grant
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Enthusiastic
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
3. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
4. Nebula
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
5. Quandary
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A proportional part or share.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.