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. Fiduciary
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
2. Contradiction
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
3. Filibuster
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
4. Incognito
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
5. Vortex
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
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