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. Euro
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
2. Winnow
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
3. Expurgate
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
4. Feckless
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
5. Thermodynamics
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.