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. dispel
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
2. conclude
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
3. reference
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► To clarify or make something understandable
► A measurement one can compare to.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
4. serenity
► What something does or is used for.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
5. translucent
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
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