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. Obsequious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
2. Unctuous
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
3. Filibuster
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
4. Oxidize
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
5. Gauche
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.