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. Quandary
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
2. Virtuoso
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Wretched
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A proportional part or share.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
4. Jovial
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
5. Nuisance
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.