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. Renegade
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
2. Deign
► Being without or almost without hope
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► To condescend to give or grant
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
3. Divulge
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
4. Bamboozle
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
5. Sect
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.