Resources for Bay Area
Teachers and Students
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. Inculcate
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
2. Equinox
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
3. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
4. Gerrymander
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
5. Thermodynamics
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.