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. exasperation
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► To make something by merging parts.
2. debris
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
3. except
► To completely engage the attention of.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
4. majority
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► More than half (50%) of some group
5. restitution
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► A process of compensation for losses.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.