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. Mosaic
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
2. Bizarre
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
3. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
4. Nocturnal
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
5. Exponent
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.