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.
Words in the News Quiz
5 High School 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. Evanescent
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
2. Oligarchy
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
3. Reciprocal
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
4. Abrogate
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
5. Subjugate
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► To bring under control; conquer.
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