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. Xylem
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
2. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To condescend to give or grant
3. Renegade
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
4. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
5. Ellipse
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
