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. Soliloquy
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
2. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
3. Quasar
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
4. Chicanery
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
5. Bowdlerize
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.