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. Vacillate
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
2. Phloem
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
3. Alliteration
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Zoology
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
5. Typhoon
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.