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. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
2. Boycott
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
3. Guerrilla
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
4. Ellipse
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
5. Introspection
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.