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. Contradiction
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
2. Taxonomy
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
3. Epiphany
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
4. Homogeneous
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
5. Infrastructure
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
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