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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's 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. Oligarchy
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
2. Nomenclature
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
3. Metamorphosis
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
4. Feckless
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
5. Plasma
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.