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. Nocturnal
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
2. Bamboozle
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
3. Divulge
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
4. Gargoyle
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
5. Boisterous
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.