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. uncanny
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
2. unsightly
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
3. meander
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► To make something by merging parts.
4. repugnant
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
5. document
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► A particular geographic region.