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
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
2. Bamboozle
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
3. Quarantine
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
4. Tundra
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
5. Mutation
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.