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. Mutation
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
2. Boycott
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Maneuver
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
4. Tariff
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
5. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative