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. Lichen
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
2. Formidable
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
3. Wretched
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
4. Immune
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
5. Bandolier
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night