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. Tectonic
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
2. Wrought
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
3. Paradigm
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
4. Lexicon
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
5. Jejune
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To bring under control; conquer.