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
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
2. Antibody
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
3. Parasite
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
4. Solstice
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Marsupial
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
