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. Taxonomy
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
2. Abrogate
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
3. Homogeneous
► To make an accusation against.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
4. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
5. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
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