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. vulnerable
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
2. exasperation
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
3. monotonous
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
4. misgivings
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
5. diminish
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen