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
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
2. Boycott
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
4. Levee
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
5. Eclectic
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.