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. Light-Year
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
2. Jovial
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
3. Laconic
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
4. Kilometer
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
