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. Omnipotent
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
2. Bowdlerize
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Acumen
► To proceed completely around:
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
4. Fiduciary
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
5. Hypotenuse
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
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