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. Oxidize
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
2. Auspicious
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
3. Suffragist
► To bring under control; conquer.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
4. Lexicon
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
5. Winnow
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
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