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. Nuisance
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
2. Sacrifice
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A proportional part or share.
3. Unanimous
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
4. Laconic
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
5. Vacillate
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.