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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's 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. affect
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
2. repugnant
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
3. barricade
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
4. engross
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► To completely engage the attention of.
► What something does or is used for.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
5. adversary
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
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