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. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
2. Cower
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
3. Phloem
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
4. Deign
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► To condescend to give or grant
5. Enthusiastic
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
