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
► Being without or almost without hope
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
2. Plateau
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
3. Impertinent
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
4. Inference
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Boycott
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
