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. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
2. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
3. Levee
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
4. Deduction
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Toxin
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.