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. Respiration
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
2. Expurgate
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Equinox
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
4. Wrought
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
5. Hegemony
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
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