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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.
This Week's Word In The News 

LANGUISH

DEFINITION:
Existing in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time:

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
President Biden’s aid request has languished for as long as Johnson has been speaker.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/18/2024

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. The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.

monotonous

circumference

observe

abolish


2. A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.

abolish

ensure

minority

contributions


3. The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.

topic

terse

luminous

serenity


4. The fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.

influence

persistent

momentum

zeal


5. So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.

eavesdrop

source

translucent

grueling


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