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. Photosynthesis
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
2. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
3. Diffident
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
4. Laissez faire
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
5. Churlish
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
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.