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Common Core State Standard
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.
This Week's Word In The News 

DEFUNCT

DEFINITION:
No longer in effect or use; no longer operating.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The now-defunct mine offers hour-long tours by taking visitors 1,000 feet down the shaft into the southwest side of Pikes Peak, according to the tour company’s website.
The Boulder Daily Camera, 10/14/2024

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. A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.

somber

except

element

counter


2. A particular geographic region.

area

compromise

imperious

disdain


3. To clarify or make something understandable

illuminate

brandish

relationship

oppose


4. Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)

relationship

oppose

clarify

interpret


5. The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object

pristine

momentum

conclude

hasten


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