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. Omnivore
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Divulge
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
3. Introspection
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
4. Light-Year
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
5. Undulate
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.