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. Euro
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
2. Abjure
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
3. Nonsectarian
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
4. Tempestuous
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
5. Thermodynamics
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To make an accusation against.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
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