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. Hubris
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
2. Epiphany
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
3. Nanotechnology
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
4. Hemoglobin
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
5. Acumen
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.