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. Lichen
► Being without or almost without hope
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
3. Symbiosis
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
4. Exult
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
5. Enthusiastic
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A proportional part or share.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm