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.
2. Hypotenuse
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
3. Facetious
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
4. Omnipotent
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To bring under control; conquer.
5. Recapitulate
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
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