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
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
2. Eclectic
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Commemorate
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Repose
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.