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. Lucid
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
2. Abrogate
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
3. Metamorphosis
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
4. Orthography
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
5. Winnow
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.