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. Wretched
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
2. Flourish
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
3. Vertebrate
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
4. Zoology
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Nebula
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.