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. Bamboozle
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► The arrangement of events in time
2. Marsupial
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
3. Heritage
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
4. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Quandary
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.