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. Photosynthesis
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
2. Deciduous
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
3. Deleterious
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
4. Obsequious
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
5. Enervate
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
