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. Abjure
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
2. Jejune
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
3. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
4. Sanguine
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
5. Gauche
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.