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. Nomenclature
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
2. Acumen
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
3. Unctuous
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
4. Yeoman
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
5. Abstemious
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
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