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. Nocturnal
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
2. Decorum
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
3. Bizarre
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
4. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
5. Marsupial
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
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