Resources for Bay Area
Teachers and Students
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. Abjure
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
2. Quasar
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
3. Abstemious
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
4. Plasma
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
5. Vortex
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.