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. Typhoon
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
2. Accentuate
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
3. Delegate
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Nebula
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Laconic
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
