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. Kinetic
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
2. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
3. Infrastructure
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
4. Metamorphosis
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
5. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.