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. Symbiosis
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
2. Bizarre
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
3. Dialogue
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
4. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Impertinent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
