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. Commemorate
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
2. Nocturnal
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Bamboozle
► A proportional part or share.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
4. Silhouette
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Bandolier
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.