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. Sect
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
2. Jovial
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Analogy
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Random
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
