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. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
2. Formidable
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
3. Undulate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
4. Solstice
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
5. Kilometer
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.