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. Epiphany
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
2. Supercilious
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
3. Hegemony
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
4. Gamete
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
5. Tempestuous
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
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