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. Bandolier
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
2. Lichen
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Wretched
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
4. Symbiosis
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
5. Sect
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.