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
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
2. Mutation
► A proportional part or share.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
3. Exponent
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Malignant
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
5. Gargoyle
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
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