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. Homogeneous
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
2. Abrogate
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► To make an accusation against.
3. Nonsectarian
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
4. Interpolate
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
5. Belie
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
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