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
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Xylem
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
3. Malignant
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
4. Recede
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
5. Exponent
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.