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.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
2. Bamboozle
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
3. Renaissance
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
4. Unanimous
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
5. Tundra
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive