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Common Core State Standard
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 

ALLOCATION

DEFINITION:
The act or process of giving out parts of a whole.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Under those same drought agreements, Nevada’s allocation would be cut to 270,000 acre-feet if Lake Mead were to fall to 1,025 feet.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05/29/2023

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

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

Being without or almost without hope

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.


2. Jovial

To stress or emphasize; intensify

A schedule of prices or fees.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.


3. Tsunami

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.


4. Vertebrate

Having a backbone or spinal column.

To condescend to give or grant

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.


5. Quarantine

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.


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