
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. banish
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
2. habitation
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Capable of doing many things competently
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
3. foresight
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
4. apprehensive
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
5. brandish
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
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