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. Hegemony
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
2. Detritus
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
3. Nanotechnology
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
4. Parameter
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
5. Feckless
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
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