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. Quasar
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
2. Oligarchy
► To make an accusation against.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
3. Abrogate
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
4. Facetious
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Lexicon
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
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