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. Outrageous
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
2. Introspection
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
3. Gargoyle
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Being without or almost without hope
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
4. Typhoon
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
5. Quandary
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.