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. Impertinent
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Recede
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
3. Guerrilla
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
4. Despondent
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Being without or almost without hope
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
5. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
