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. frequency
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
2. bluff
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
3. restitution
► To make something by merging parts.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► A process of compensation for losses.
4. defiance
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
5. tactic
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air