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. Xylem
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
2. Levee
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
3. Heritage
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
4. Tundra
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
5. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.