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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. A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.

contortion

majority

compromise

egregious


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

egregious

primarily

method

terse


3. To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.

conspicuous

except

narrate

detail


4. A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.

contributions

obstacles

waver

scurry


5. A feeling of contempt or scorn.

waver

scurry

adversary

disdain


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