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. Malignant
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
2. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
3. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Spectrum
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Kilometer
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
