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. Nocturnal
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Jovial
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Being without or almost without hope
3. Vaccine
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
4. Boisterous
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.