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. Moiety
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
2. Chromosome
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
3. Homogeneous
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To proceed completely around:
4. Abstemious
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
5. Deleterious
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
