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. precipice
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
2. quell
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
3. pristine
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
4. aptitude
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
5. somber
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.