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. Incognito
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
2. Sanguine
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
3. Inculcate
► To bring under control; conquer.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
4. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To make an accusation against.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
5. Loquacious
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.