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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 

CONGREGATE

DEFINITION:
To come together, to assemble, or to gather.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“People who live like this don’t really congregate, and try to stay out of view.”
The Los Angeles Times, 11/27/2023

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. deft

The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

Quick and neat in action; skillful.

Dark, faint or indistinct.

In order of time from the earliest to the latest


2. boundary

In order of time from the earliest to the latest

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

Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.

The dividing line or location between two areas.


3. method

A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.

Existing or occurring at the moment.

A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.


4. guarantee

Anything that assures a certain outcome.

To start (a fire) or light (a torch).

To stick out

The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.


5. monotonous

To stick out

The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

An opponent or rival.

Having an unvarying tone or pitch


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