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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.
This Week's Word In The News 

CONSENSUS

DEFINITION:
A generally accepted agreement, opinion, or decision among a group of people.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“The scientific consensus has shifted due to the overwhelming evidence linking alcohol to over 200 health conditions, including cancers, cardiovascular diseases and injuries,” said Carina Ferreira-Borges, regional adviser for alcohol at the World Health Organization regional office for Europe
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05/06/2024

Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary 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. A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.

value

jut

except

contributions


2. To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.

banish

majority

meticulous

replenish


3. To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.

meticulous

replenish

acquire

brandish


4. The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object

swagger

effect

momentum

waft


5. A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.

imperious

zeal

various

swarm


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