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. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► To condescend to give or grant
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
2. Decorum
► To condescend to give or grant
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
3. Ultraviolet
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
4. Gargoyle
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
5. Analogy
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
