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. Unctuous
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
2. Omnipotent
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
3. Hemoglobin
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
4. Wrought
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
5. Paradigm
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.