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. Exponent
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
2. Commemorate
► To condescend to give or grant
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
3. Aspire
► Being without or almost without hope
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
4. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
5. Divulge
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
