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. Nanotechnology
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
2. Feckless
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
3. Usurp
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
4. Loquacious
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
5. Laissez faire
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.