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. Random
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Bizarre
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
3. Unanimous
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Accentuate
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Tsunami
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.