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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's overall meaning or function in a sentence.
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. various
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
2. tactic
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
3. meticulous
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
4. ominous
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
5. terse
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries