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. Random
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
2. Boisterous
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
3. Ozone
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
4. Flourish
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
5. Sacrifice
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
