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. Jovial
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Vacillate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
3. Light-Year
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
4. Divulge
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Exult
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
