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. Gamete
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
2. Suffragist
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
3. Vacuous
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
4. Omnipotent
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
5. Belie
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.