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. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
2. Detritus
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
3. Yeoman
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
4. Loquacious
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
5. Fatuous
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
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