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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's 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
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
2. Jovial
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
3. Spectrum
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
4. Exult
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
5. Participle
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.