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. Oxidize
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
2. Ziggurat
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
3. Lucid
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
4. Bellicose
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
5. Hegemony
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
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