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. Renegade
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
2. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
3. Dialogue
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
4. Laconic
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A proportional part or share.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
5. Nebula
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.