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. quell
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
2. affect
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
3. unsightly
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► Capable of doing many things competently
4. oppose
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
5. subside
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► What something does or is used for.