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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 

ANTICIPATE

DEFINITION:
Regard as probable; expect or predict.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Many economists still anticipate that a negative impact from trade wars will materialize this year for American workers.
The Boston Herald, 05/19/2025

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 act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

interdependence

brandish

cunning

habitation


2. Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries

various

brackish

jut

specimen


3. A measurement one can compare to.

specimen

sabotage

jargon

reference


4. What something does or is used for.

foresight

primarily

subside

function


5. To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.

compose

dispel

banish

repugnant


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