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. Hologram
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Nocturnal
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Vacillate
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
4. Bandolier
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
5. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.