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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 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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 feeling of contempt or scorn.

disdain

impending

scurry

monotonous


2. The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

clarify

source

observe

subside


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

ignite

contortion

analogy

habitation


4. To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.

boundary

waver

symbolism

translucent


5. Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering

translucent

narrate

multitude

imperious


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