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. Incontrovertible
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
2. Nadir
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
3. Oligarchy
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
4. Tempestuous
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
5. Tautology
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.