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. Delegate
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
2. Spectrum
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Hypocrisy
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
4. Impertinent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
5. Maneuver
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
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