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. Facetious
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
2. Hegemony
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
3. Detritus
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
4. Hubris
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
5. Abstemious
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
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