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. Random
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
2. Lichen
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
3. Virtuoso
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Guru
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Bandolier
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A schedule of prices or fees.