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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's 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. hasten
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
2. replenish
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
3. brandish
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
4. boundary
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
5. compose
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► To make something by merging parts.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it