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. Incognito
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
2. Bellicose
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
3. Ziggurat
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
4. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
5. Reparation
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
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.