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. Decorum
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
2. Hieroglyphic
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
3. Exponent
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Laconic
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.