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. Undulate
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Yacht
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► To condescend to give or grant
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
3. Nebula
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
4. Wretched
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
5. Kilometer
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
