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. Quarantine
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
2. Jaunty
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
3. Nuisance
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
4. Chronology
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► The arrangement of events in time
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Outrageous
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
