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. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
2. Temblor
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Tectonic
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
4. Kinetic
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
5. Omnipotent
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.