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. Reciprocal
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
2. Nomenclature
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
3. Quasar
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
4. Unctuous
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
5. Gauche
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► To proceed completely around:
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.