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. Ellipse
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
2. Malignant
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
3. Polygon
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
4. Dialogue
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
5. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
