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. Deleterious
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
2. Hubris
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Recapitulate
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
4. Incontrovertible
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
5. Auspicious
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
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