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. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
2. Detritus
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
3. Kowtow
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
4. Lugubrious
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
5. Photosynthesis
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.