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. Jaunty
► To condescend to give or grant
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
2. Formidable
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A proportional part or share.
3. Tempo
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
4. Typhoon
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
