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. Mosaic
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Bandolier
► Being without or almost without hope
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
3. Bamboozle
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
4. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A proportional part or share.
5. Stereotype
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.