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
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
2. Vaccine
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Cower
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A proportional part or share.
4. Symbiosis
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
5. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.