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. Fatuous
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
2. Acumen
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
3. Abjure
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
4. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
5. Vehement
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.