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
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
2. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Strategy
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
4. Undulate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
5. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder