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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's 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. Chronology
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The arrangement of events in time
2. Labyrinth
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
3. Deign
► To condescend to give or grant
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
4. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A proportional part or share.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
5. Bandolier
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct