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. Toxin
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
2. Divulge
► Being without or almost without hope
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
3. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
4. Impertinent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
5. Vertebrate
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
