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. Diffident
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
2. Feckless
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
3. Churlish
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
4. Gerrymander
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
5. Deleterious
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► To proceed completely around:
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