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. Tectonic
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
2. Loquacious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
3. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
4. Nonsectarian
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
5. Sanguine
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
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