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. Incognito
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
2. Obsequious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
3. Winnow
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
4. Inculcate
► 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 insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
5. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To make an accusation against.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
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