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. Obsequious
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Chromosome
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
3. Parabola
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
4. Tautology
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
5. Respiration
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.