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
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
2. Quota
► The arrangement of events in time
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A proportional part or share.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
3. Mosaic
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Being without or almost without hope
4. Cower
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
5. Tumult
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.