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. Tsunami
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
2. Jaunty
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
3. Boisterous
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
4. Immune
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
5. Participle
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To stress or emphasize; intensify