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. pristine
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
2. economy
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
3. accomplish
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► A measurement one can compare to.
4. affect
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
5. guarantee
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
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