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. Bizarre
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
2. Light-Year
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
3. Xylem
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
4. Hypocrisy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Tariff
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.