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. Quasar
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
2. Laissez faire
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. Precipitous
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
4. Nadir
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Deleterious
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To bring under control; conquer.