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. Homogeneous
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
2. Tautology
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
3. Expurgate
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Epiphany
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
5. Abstemious
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.