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
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Being without or almost without hope
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. Gargoyle
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
3. Polygon
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
4. Camouflage
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
5. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).