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
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
2. Sect
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
3. Solstice
► The arrangement of events in time
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Fallacy
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
5. Accentuate
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.