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. Temblor
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
2. Jejune
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
3. Taxonomy
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
4. Winnow
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
5. Plasma
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To proceed completely around: