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. Light-Year
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
2. Tranquility
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
3. Undulate
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
4. Bandolier
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
5. Renaissance
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.