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. Respiration
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
2. Omnipotent
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
3. Hypotenuse
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
4. Expurgate
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
5. Interpolate
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.