Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ROLLICKING

DEFINITION:
Carefree and high-spirited; boisterous.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
On a rollicking Sunday night at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers silenced the critics, embraced their birthright and returned to their personal promised land with a 10-5 victory over the New York Mets that gave them a four-games-to-two triumph in the National League Championship Series.
The Los Angeles Times, 10/21/2024

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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. A great amount or number, often of people.

contortion

guarantee

multitude

primarily


2. Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion

repugnant

effect

eavesdrop

brackish


3. Anything that may be possible; a possibility

potential

meander

persistent

impact


4. An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

impact

bluff

specimen

stamina


5. A mixture of various ingredients or elements.

accomplish

function

concoction

engross


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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.