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. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
2. Silhouette
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
3. Tariff
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A schedule of prices or fees.
4. Participle
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A proportional part or share.
5. Virtuoso
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.