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. Chicanery
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
2. Hemoglobin
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
3. Paradigm
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Moiety
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
5. Epiphany
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.