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. Taxonomy
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
2. Irony
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
3. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
4. Respiration
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
5. Euro
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.