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Common Core State Standard
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.
This Week's Word In The News 

NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

DEFINITION:
The study of the brain related to specific psychological processes and behaviors.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Local experts in mental health, political science and neuropsychology told the Dayton Daily News that elections can be a difficult time for mental health as strongly held beliefs can be challenged by deep political divides.
Dayton Daily News, 07/22/2024

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School 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. Decorum

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

To stress or emphasize; intensify

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.


2. Voracious

Being without or almost without hope

Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness


3. Jaunty

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

A schedule of prices or fees.


4. Boisterous

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.


5. Impertinent

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.


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