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. Hegemony
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
2. Quotidian
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
3. Taxonomy
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
4. Sanguine
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
5. Infrastructure
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
