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
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
2. Levee
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The arrangement of events in time
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
3. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Cower
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
5. Jovial
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.