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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 

RESPONSE

DEFINITION:
An answer to a question or a reaction to something.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“And the response right away was ‘Sure!’”
The Reading Eagle, 09/07/2026

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 form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.

significance

malleable

eavesdrop

contortion


2. More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

attentive

monotonous

vulnerable

imperious


3. Something small enough to escape casual notice.

detail

exasperation

source

affect


4. Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen

tactic

ominous

scurry

hasten


5. To stick out

jut

area

egregious

symbolism


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