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. Marsupial
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
2. Tumult
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
3. Despondent
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Being without or almost without hope
4. Bizarre
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Heritage
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.