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. restitution
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► A process of compensation for losses.
2. engross
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► To completely engage the attention of.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
3. egregious
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
4. sociable
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
5. foresight
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
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