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. knoll
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
2. acquire
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
3. narrate
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
4. recluse
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
5. somber
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition