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. Voracious
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Gargoyle
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► To condescend to give or grant
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
3. Quota
► The arrangement of events in time
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A proportional part or share.
4. Jaunty
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Vacillate
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
