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. Malignant
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
2. Nuisance
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Unanimous
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
4. Outrageous
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Quarantine
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
