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. Zoology
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
2. Heritage
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
3. Bandolier
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
4. Technique
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
5. Commemorate
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.