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. Detritus
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
2. Metamorphosis
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
3. Deciduous
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
4. Temblor
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
5. Plasma
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.