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. Metamorphosis
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To proceed completely around:
2. Laissez faire
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
3. Nihilism
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
4. Orthography
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
5. Antebellum
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
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.