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. element
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
2. relationship
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
3. economy
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
4. affect
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
5. abolish
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.