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. Solstice
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
2. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
3. Boisterous
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Being without or almost without hope
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
4. Stereotype
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Quandary
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative