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. Nihilism
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To proceed completely around:
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
2. Nanotechnology
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► A diligent, dependable worker.
3. Paradigm
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
4. Chromosome
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
5. Tectonic
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.