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. Light-Year
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
2. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
4. Gargoyle
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
5. Enthusiastic
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
