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. Laconic
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
2. Virtuoso
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
3. Outrageous
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
4. Nebula
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
5. Camouflage
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
