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. Laconic
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
2. Lichen
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
3. Bamboozle
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
4. Repose
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
5. Kilometer
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The arrangement of events in time
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
