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. Tsunami
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
2. Chronology
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► The arrangement of events in time
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Bamboozle
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
4. Analogy
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Boisterous
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal