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. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
2. Nebula
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
4. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
5. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder