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. luminous
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
2. jut
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► A process of compensation for losses.
3. except
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
4. tactic
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
5. attentive
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► The source or reason of an event or action
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