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. Decorum
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
2. Kilometer
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
3. Pulverize
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
4. Wretched
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Being without or almost without hope
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
5. Impertinent
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A proportional part or share.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
