Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RESIDENCY

DEFINITION:
A stage of postgraduate medical training.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The rural residency program provides doctors with the specialized training they need to work in rural areas and recruit them to remain in those communities once their three-year residency program is completed.
The Rocky Mount Telegram, 12/04/2023

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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. Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.

analyze

misgivings

counter

frequency


2. Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries

brackish

exhilarate

contortion

momentum


3. A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,

analogy

persistent

jut

compromise


4. An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.

jut

compromise

narrate

bluff


5. A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

tactic

ember

meander

document


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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.