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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 

ENTICING

DEFINITION:
Arousing strong attraction or interest.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Meta makes enticing claims for Muse’s capabilities.
►The Los Angeles Times, 10/05/2026

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. habitation

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

► A small hill or mound.

► To bring down the size, quantity, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.

► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.


2. attentive

► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.

► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

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


3. precipice

► The brink of a dangerous situation.

► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.

► To follow a winding course

► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.


4. affect

► To follow a winding course

► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements

► To influence or alter.


5. concoction

► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.

► Connection or association; the condition of being related.

► To make stable or firm; to confirm.

► The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.


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