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. Commemorate
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
2. Impertinent
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Jovial
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
4. Typhoon
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
