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
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
2. Jovial
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
3. Omnivore
► A proportional part or share.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
4. Vacillate
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Heritage
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
