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
► To condescend to give or grant
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Silhouette
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
3. Exponent
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
4. Phloem
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Strategy
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).