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
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. Ellipse
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Kilometer
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
5. Bizarre
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
