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NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

DEFINITION:
The study of the brain related to specific psychological processes and behaviors.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Local experts in mental health, political science and neuropsychology told the Dayton Daily News that elections can be a difficult time for mental health as strongly held beliefs can be challenged by deep political divides.
Dayton Daily News, 07/22/2024

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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. recuperate

Having an unvarying tone or pitch

To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.

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

To exclude; to specify as being an exception.


2. boundary

To build or form something by assembling parts.

The dividing line or location between two areas.

The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number

To make something by merging parts.


3. persistent

An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.

Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition

The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.


4. sociable

An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.

Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.

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

Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way


5. various

Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way

An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts


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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.