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. Hieroglyphic
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► The arrangement of events in time
2. Bizarre
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
4. Pulverize
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
5. Wretched
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.