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. Soliloquy
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
2. Contradiction
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. Inculcate
► To bring under control; conquer.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
4. Chicanery
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► To make an accusation against.
5. Churlish
► To make an accusation against.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
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