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. Solstice
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
2. Phloem
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
3. Formidable
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
4. Introspection
► Being without or almost without hope
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
5. Undulate
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.