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. Boisterous
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
2. Bizarre
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
3. Sacrifice
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
4. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
5. Tranquility
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A proportional part or share.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.