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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. Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.

dismal

aptitude

falter

kindle


2. The dividing line or location between two areas.

kindle

clarify

boundary

illuminate


3. The system of production and distribution and consumption.

defiance

exhilarate

emerge

economy


4. The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it

reflection

jostle

imperious

uncanny


5. A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.

counter

restitution

significance

gusto


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