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. Churlish
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► To proceed completely around:
2. Supercilious
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
3. Usurp
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
4. Oligarchy
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
5. Hemoglobin
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.