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. Gamete
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
2. Oxidize
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
3. Winnow
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
4. Polymer
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
5. Parabola
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
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