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. Nuisance
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
2. Despondent
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Being without or almost without hope
3. Mutation
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
4. Suffrage
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To condescend to give or grant
5. Impertinent
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
