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. Auspicious
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
2. Omnipotent
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
3. Impeach
► To make an accusation against.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
4. Irony
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
5. Yeoman
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.