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. Homogeneous
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
2. Taxonomy
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
3. Orthography
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
4. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
5. Infrastructure
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
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