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
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
2. Abjure
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To proceed completely around:
3. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
4. Yeoman
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
5. Lucid
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.