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. Unctuous
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
2. Kinetic
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
3. Hypotenuse
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
4. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
5. Metamorphosis
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To proceed completely around:
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.