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. Malignant
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
2. Bamboozle
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
3. Vertebrate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
5. Bandolier
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.