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
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Unanimous
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The arrangement of events in time
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
3. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
4. Inference
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Voracious
► Being without or almost without hope
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.