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. Acumen
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
2. Belie
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
3. Auspicious
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To bring under control; conquer.
4. Gerrymander
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
5. Xenophobe
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
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