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. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
2. Camouflage
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
4. Enthusiastic
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
5. Mosaic
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal