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
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
2. Gauche
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
3. Precipitous
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
4. Quasar
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
5. Sanguine
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.