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. eavesdrop
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
2. zeal
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► Capable of doing many things competently
3. swagger
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► More than half (50%) of some group
4. accomplish
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
5. jostle
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.