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
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
2. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
3. Thermodynamics
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
4. Abrogate
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
5. Parameter
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.