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. Metamorphosis
► To make an accusation against.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
2. Oligarchy
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
3. Vortex
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
4. Circumnavigate
► To proceed completely around:
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
5. Abjure
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.