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 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. Nomenclature
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
2. Lugubrious
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. Chromosome
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
4. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
5. Respiration
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.