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. Nuisance
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
2. Renegade
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
3. Recede
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
4. Jaunty
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
