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. Formidable
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
2. Hypocrisy
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Yacht
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
4. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
5. Symbiosis
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
