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. Spectrum
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A proportional part or share.
2. Tumult
► A proportional part or share.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Parasite
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
4. Xylem
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Being without or almost without hope
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
5. Hieroglyphic
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The arrangement of events in time
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.