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 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. specimen
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
2. translucent
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
3. aptitude
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► To clarify or make something understandable
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
4. gusto
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
5. frequency
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To make something by merging parts.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it