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. Kilometer
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A proportional part or share.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
2. Pulverize
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
3. Malignant
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
4. Impertinent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
5. Parasite
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
