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. Nomenclature
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
2. Gamete
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
3. Vortex
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
4. Mitosis
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
5. Yeoman
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
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