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. Labyrinth
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
2. Stereotype
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To condescend to give or grant
► A schedule of prices or fees.
3. Decorum
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
4. Tsunami
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
5. Wretched
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
