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. Marsupial
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
2. Sect
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Being without or almost without hope
4. Hieroglyphic
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
5. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.