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. Strategy
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
2. Tumult
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
3. Random
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
4. Delegate
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
5. Enthusiastic
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
