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.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
2. Tranquility
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Being without or almost without hope
3. Maneuver
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
4. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Kilometer
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
