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. Gargoyle
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Bizarre
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
3. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
4. Wretched
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
5. Bandolier
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace