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. Chicanery
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
2. Moiety
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
3. Supercilious
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
4. Omnipotent
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
5. Acumen
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
Additional resources
Colorado NIE Weekly lessons
Colorado NIE Youth Content
- Colorado Kids Wordbank
- Colorado Kids Assessment Test
- Colorado Kids Web Links
- Become a Youth Reporter
- Kid Scoop
- Mini Page
Lessons & Classroom Activities
- Cartoons for the Classroom
- Front Page Talking Points
- This Week in History
- News Video
- News Quiz
- Daily Science Webcasts
- Geography in the News quiz
- NASA Space Place
Resources by grade level