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. Quandary
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
2. Chronology
► The arrangement of events in time
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
3. Dialogue
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
4. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
5. Nuisance
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding