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. Ultraviolet
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. Virtuoso
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► To condescend to give or grant
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Mutation
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
4. Vaccine
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
5. Exponent
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates