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. Tariff
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A schedule of prices or fees.
2. Nocturnal
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
3. Nebula
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
4. Typhoon
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Deduction
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.