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. foresight
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
2. debris
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
3. knoll
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► A process of compensation for losses.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
4. ominous
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
5. weather
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.