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. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
2. Nuisance
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Rainforest
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
4. Solstice
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
5. Pulverize
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.