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
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
2. Jaunty
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
3. Omnivore
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
4. Wretched
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
5. Mutation
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
