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. brackish
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
2. tactic
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
3. scarcity
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
4. bluff
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
5. vulnerable
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)