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. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
2. Churlish
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
3. Equinox
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
4. Plasma
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
5. Oligarchy
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
