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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 

SLEW

DEFINITION:
A large amount or number; a lot.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Four years ago, Republicans in Nevada filed a slew of legal challenges to the 2020 election and spread unfounded claims of mass election fraud.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 10/28/2024

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. Hidden, secret

recluse

eavesdrop

evidence

construct


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

sabotage

weather

outlandish

foresight


3. The force or energy of a collision of two objects.

abolish

impact

serenity

bluff


4. Capable of doing many things competently

bluff

waft

luminous

versatile


5. To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.

dispel

significance

fragrance

narrate


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