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. Typhoon
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
2. Maneuver
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
3. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
4. Jaunty
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.