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. Evanescent
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Reciprocal
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
3. Lexicon
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To make an accusation against.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
4. Quotidian
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
5. Enfranchise
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
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.