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. Plasma
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
2. Orthography
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► To make an accusation against.
3. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
4. Hegemony
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
5. Contradiction
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.