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. barricade
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
2. vigilant
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
3. stamina
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
4. furtive
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
5. evidence
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.