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. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
2. Impertinent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
3. Yacht
► To condescend to give or grant
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
4. Participle
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
5. Wretched
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.