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. waft
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
2. versatile
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► Capable of doing many things competently
3. compromise
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► A process of compensation for losses.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
4. attentive
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
5. adversary
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
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