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. Zoology
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
2. Bandolier
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
3. Vertebrate
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
4. Spectrum
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
5. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.