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. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The arrangement of events in time
2. Mutation
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
3. Xylem
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
4. Lichen
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
5. Heritage
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
