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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's 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. Bandolier
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
2. Exponent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Omnivore
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Being without or almost without hope
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
4. Commemorate
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
5. Solstice
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant