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. Laissez faire
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
2. Plasma
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
3. Nadir
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
4. Incognito
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
5. Orthography
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
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